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Tolkien and the West: Recovering the Lost Tradition of Europe by Michael Drout

Tolkien and the West: Recovering the Lost Tradition of Europe: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Tolkien and the West: Recovering the Lost Tradition of Europe audiobook runs 5.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Michael Drout (about 3.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.3listening hrs
Literaturestore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

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Based on 5.3 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
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What our data says

  • At 5.3 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 41,638 Literature audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Tolkien and the West: Recovering the Lost Tradition of Europe is an audiobook by Michael Drout: a 5.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Drout, released May 25, 2012, on the Literature and Biography & Memoir shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.3 hrs
Narrated by
Michael Drout
Released
May 25, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literature, Biography & Memoir
ISBN
9781470318437

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Tolkien and the West: Recovering the Lost Tradition of Europe audiobook?

Tolkien and the West: Recovering the Lost Tradition of Europe runs 5.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.5 hours.

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Who narrates Tolkien and the West: Recovering the Lost Tradition of Europe?

Tolkien and the West: Recovering the Lost Tradition of Europe is narrated by Michael Drout.